[linux-audio-user] Re: Re: freebirth

From: Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen <k.s.matheussen@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Sep 16 2005 - 18:39:43 EEST

tim hall:
>
> On Thursday 15 September 2005 13:03, Peder Hedlund wrote:
> > > Actually IMHO it's not the worst thing to happen for the freeware
> > > community, I sort of frown upon the practice of 'cloning' and enjoy
> > > genuinely new free apps a lot more... ZynAddSubFX comes to mind.
> >
> > But if you want to play, say, Black Metal you can't use ZynAddSubFX,
> > according to the authors whish. :(
>
> I think you're confusing form and style with content and intent. ZynAddSubFX
> would be inappropriate in a Black Metal song, because it's just too sweet and
> harmonic. However, if you take a walk though the instrument presets you will
> realise that the author is no stranger to the weird and wonderful. There are
> some great sounds there and plenty of room to make more. Yes, I find the
> religious statements in the documentation a bit cheesy, but having played
> with ZynAddSubFX and having an understanding of the relationship between
> music, geometry and spirituality, I bow to NOP's understanding of the
> science. I think anyone would be hard pressed to make anything other than
> healing music with this software.
>

Not to disagree with anything you said, but I also want to add to the
record that theres a lot of christian black and death metal bands:
Religion =/= music style.

http://www.google.no/search?hl=no&q=christian+black+metal&btnG=S%C3%B8k&meta=

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